concern; see http://www.binnenlandsbestuur.nl/sociaal/opinie/columns/te-dikke-
kinderen.7086047.lynkx; accessed on January 3, 2013.
- The words they use to label being overweight as problematic are quite illus-
trativeand include time-bomb, tsunami, crisis, future disaster, plague, fat kills,
scourge, and devastating trend. These words can be found at pages xixv, 9, 29,
132, and on the book cover (Delpeuch, Maire, Monnier, & Holdsworth, 2009). - Kolata is a long time follower of the development of the obesity epidemic
andwroteRethinking Thin(2007)aboutthe inefficacy of weight-loss strategies. - Already in 1987 Wikler raised the question “Who should be blamed for being
sick?”and claimed that “[a]n assessment of the concept of personal responsibility
for health should precede any attempt to draw broad conclusions on rights and
duties in maintaining health” (1987, p. 11).
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